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The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is leading efforts to establish a regional employment hub for technical and vocational employment opportunities in the region.
The initiative, which is in line with Kiribati's "migration with dignity" policy for climate change, is aimed to address employment issues in Kiribati and other Pacific island countries.
The country led initiative was introduced during the SmallerIslandsStatesLeaders Meeting prior to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in the Marshall Islands in early September.
In speaking to the media, PresidentTong says Kiribati has a huge population with a large proportion of young people, so unemployment is a big problem.
The President expressed that Kiribati has to be realistic as the country does not have the economic base to be able to employ everyone, but over the years, the government has been looking for access to the international labor market.
Such as the Australia-Pacific Technical College, which started in 2005, he says arming his people with skills goes along with the "migration with dignity" policy "because you get people skilled you won't need to find somewhere for them to go, they will find themselves a place to go, because they will be marketable."
He says he always regarded that as part of the climate change solution.
"It's a painless way and it's mutually beneficial", says the President.

published:17 Sep 2013

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The KiribatiInstitute of Technology (KIT): Every year, school leavers face limited prospects for paid employment. Australian support for the KIT aims to improve facilities and teacher professional development. The KIT recently introduced internationally recognised, Australian-based standards which will assist young I-Kiribati graduates to find employment locally and access pathways to further study and employment within the region.

published:04 Nov 2013

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A new breed of nurses is being trained under the Kiribati-Australia NursesInitiative, which is part of a partnership to provide opportunities to develop skills in demand domestically and overseas.
The nursing students undertake a degree at Griffith University in Brisbane.
A nation looks to employment to provide its people with a more certain future.

The KiribatiSideEvent at COP15 presented, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the future for this small & vulnerable mid Pacific nation.
A combination of the everyday realities, scientific research, adaptation challenges, possible future migration options, and the threatened loss of a unique lifestyle & culture make this a document which touches both the heart & mind.
An NTNK Video Production

published:29 Nov 2010

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Katarake Kariabi from Kiribati is a retired Tuna fisherman. Over the years he has seen the Tuna fisheries in Kiribati decline from industrial fishing by foreign fishing vessels. You can help to save the fisheries of Kiribati and protect the future livelihoods that its people need. https://www.greenpeace.org.au/donate/pacific-tuna

A Pacific Islander who applied to the New Zealand government to give him status as the world's first climate refugee has had his appeal turned down.
Ioane Teitiota, 38, argued he should not be sent back to the island nation of Kiribati because it was under threat due to rising seas.
That, he argued, made it unsafe for him and his family.
However, while NZ's Supreme Court agreed that the tiny nation of about 100,000 people was suffering environmental degradation, it said Mr Teitiota's application did not meet the legal definition of a refugee because he was not facing persecution.
"While Kiribati undoubtedly faces challenges, Mr Teitiota does not, if returned, face 'serious harm'," the Supreme Court said in a ruling released on Monday.
"There is no evidence that the government of Kiribati is failing to take steps to protect its citizens from the effects of environmental degradation, to the extent that it can."
Mr Teitiota moved away from the island nation in 2007 and overstayed his visa, coming to the attention of police in 2011 over a minor traffic offence.
The Supreme Court's decision closes the Pacific Islander’s final avenue of appeal and means he now faces deportation along with his wife, and their three young children, all of whom were born in Auckland.
Low-lying Kiribati consisting of about 30 atolls - most only a few metres above sea level - suffers from a range of environmental problems that have been linked to climate change, including storm surges, flooding and water contamination.
The situation is so bad that Kiribati's government has bought 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of land in Fiji to act as a farm for Kiribati if salt-water pollution means the former British colony can no longer produce crops.
Kiribati's government is also considering relocating the entire population or building man-made islands to rehouse them if predictions that the sea will rise by one metre by the end of the century prove accurate.
The Supreme Court said its ruling on Mr Teitiota did not mean that those affected by climate change would never be recognised as refugees.
"Our decision in this case should not be taken as ruling out that possibility in an appropriate case," it said.

published:21 Jul 2015

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Within 50 years the island nation of Kiribati could be underwater due to rising sea levels caused by global climate change. What are people doing to prepare for a day when their country no longer exists?

Kiribati became independent from the United Kingdom in 1979. The capital and now most populated area, South Tarawa, consists of a number of islets, connected by a series of causeways. These comprise about half the area of Tarawa Atoll.

At 165.25 million square kilometers (63.8 million square miles) in area, this largest division of the World Ocean—and, in turn, the hydrosphere—covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about one-third of its total surface area, making it larger than all of the Earth's land area combined.

The equator subdivides it into the North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, with two exceptions: the Galápagos and Gilbert Islands, while straddling the equator, are deemed wholly within the South Pacific. The Mariana Trench in the western North Pacific is the deepest point in the world, reaching a depth of 10,911 metres (35,797ft).

Supreme court

A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of many legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, instance court, judgment court, apex court, and highest court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of a supreme court are not subject to further review by any other court. Supreme courts typically function primarily as appellate courts, hearing appeals from decisions of lower trial courts, or from intermediate-level appellate courts.

These people were generally referred to as Kanakas, which means "man", although many Islander descendants now regard the term as pejorative and an insulting reminder of their ancestors' exploitation at the hands of white planters.

Kiribati Proposes Regional Employment Hub For The Pacific

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is leading efforts to establish a regional employment hub for technical and vocational employment opportunities in the region.
The initiative, which is in line with Kiribati's "migration with dignity" policy for climate change, is aimed to address employment issues in Kiribati and other Pacific island countries.
The country led initiative was introduced during the SmallerIslandsStatesLeaders Meeting prior to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in the Marshall Islands in early September.
In speaking to the media, PresidentTong says Kiribati has a huge population with a large proportion of young people, so unemployment is a big problem.
The President expressed that Kiribati has to be realistic as the country does not have the economic base to be able to employ everyone, but over the years, the government has been looking for access to the international labor market.
Such as the Australia-Pacific Technical College, which started in 2005, he says arming his people with skills goes along with the "migration with dignity" policy "because you get people skilled you won't need to find somewhere for them to go, they will find themselves a place to go, because they will be marketable."
He says he always regarded that as part of the climate change solution.
"It's a painless way and it's mutually beneficial", says the President.

7:06

The Kiribati Institute of Technology KIT

The Kiribati Institute of Technology KIT

The Kiribati Institute of Technology KIT

The KiribatiInstitute of Technology (KIT): Every year, school leavers face limited prospects for paid employment. Australian support for the KIT aims to improve facilities and teacher professional development. The KIT recently introduced internationally recognised, Australian-based standards which will assist young I-Kiribati graduates to find employment locally and access pathways to further study and employment within the region.

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Nurturing nurses in Kiribati

Nurturing nurses in Kiribati

Nurturing nurses in Kiribati

A new breed of nurses is being trained under the Kiribati-Australia NursesInitiative, which is part of a partnership to provide opportunities to develop skills in demand domestically and overseas.
The nursing students undertake a degree at Griffith University in Brisbane.
A nation looks to employment to provide its people with a more certain future.

Kiribati & Climate Change

The KiribatiSideEvent at COP15 presented, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the future for this small & vulnerable mid Pacific nation.
A combination of the everyday realities, scientific research, adaptation challenges, possible future migration options, and the threatened loss of a unique lifestyle & culture make this a document which touches both the heart & mind.
An NTNK Video Production

2:38

Kiribati Tuna

Kiribati Tuna

Kiribati Tuna

Katarake Kariabi from Kiribati is a retired Tuna fisherman. Over the years he has seen the Tuna fisheries in Kiribati decline from industrial fishing by foreign fishing vessels. You can help to save the fisheries of Kiribati and protect the future livelihoods that its people need. https://www.greenpeace.org.au/donate/pacific-tuna

NZ Rejects First Climate Refugee Appeal

A Pacific Islander who applied to the New Zealand government to give him status as the world's first climate refugee has had his appeal turned down.
Ioane Teitiota, 38, argued he should not be sent back to the island nation of Kiribati because it was under threat due to rising seas.
That, he argued, made it unsafe for him and his family.
However, while NZ's Supreme Court agreed that the tiny nation of about 100,000 people was suffering environmental degradation, it said Mr Teitiota's application did not meet the legal definition of a refugee because he was not facing persecution.
"While Kiribati undoubtedly faces challenges, Mr Teitiota does not, if returned, face 'serious harm'," the Supreme Court said in a ruling released on Monday.
"There is no evidence that the government of Kiribati is failing to take steps to protect its citizens from the effects of environmental degradation, to the extent that it can."
Mr Teitiota moved away from the island nation in 2007 and overstayed his visa, coming to the attention of police in 2011 over a minor traffic offence.
The Supreme Court's decision closes the Pacific Islander’s final avenue of appeal and means he now faces deportation along with his wife, and their three young children, all of whom were born in Auckland.
Low-lying Kiribati consisting of about 30 atolls - most only a few metres above sea level - suffers from a range of environmental problems that have been linked to climate change, including storm surges, flooding and water contamination.
The situation is so bad that Kiribati's government has bought 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of land in Fiji to act as a farm for Kiribati if salt-water pollution means the former British colony can no longer produce crops.
Kiribati's government is also considering relocating the entire population or building man-made islands to rehouse them if predictions that the sea will rise by one metre by the end of the century prove accurate.
The Supreme Court said its ruling on Mr Teitiota did not mean that those affected by climate change would never be recognised as refugees.
"Our decision in this case should not be taken as ruling out that possibility in an appropriate case," it said.

4:12

Kiribati: Paradise Lost

Kiribati: Paradise Lost

Kiribati: Paradise Lost

Within 50 years the island nation of Kiribati could be underwater due to rising sea levels caused by global climate change. What are people doing to prepare for a day when their country no longer exists?

Sugar Slaves; Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific Islands Blackbird trade.

Sugar Slaves; Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific Islands Blackbird trade.

Sugar Slaves; Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific Islands Blackbird trade.

Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific IslandsBlackbird trade that started in NSW 1847 by Benjamin Boyd then the influx to QLD in 1863: Between 1863 and 1904 about 60,000 Pacific Islanders were transported to Queensland, where they toiled to create the sugar plantations of the far north. Some of these islanders moved there willingly on the promise of income, whilst others were kidnapped from their island homes. Pacific Islanders were ‘recruited’ from various islands including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides) and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. This human trafficking is euphemistically known as ‘blackbirding’. The Islanders worked in harsh conditions in the Queensland sugar fields, conditions were akin to slavery. According to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, conditions varied from plantation to plantation depending on how considerate the owners and overseers were. Abuse of the Islanders included being beaten, being deprived of food or leisure time, medical neglect and sometimes separation of married couples. In the late 19th century trade unions in Australia were fighting for workers’ rights but the Pacific Islander workers of Queensland were banned from organising as a group. They were forbidden by law from striking and from leaving their place of employment. Workers who left without permission or ‘absconded’ faced three months imprisonment. Because the Pacific Islanders were paid so poorly compared to other unskilled workers in Australia, they were seen by some as a threat to employment. Opposition to these non-white immigrants came in some cases from those involved in the labour movement. They did not object when the Commonwealth decided to deport most Pacific Islanders between 1904 and 1908 as part of the implementation of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (often referred to as the ‘White Australia policy’). In the southern states of Australia there were others, including those in labour movement, who took a different view and called for fair treatment of the Pacific Island workers. After Federation a few thousand Pacific Islanders were not deported and were permitted to remain in Australia.Today north Queensland is home to more than 20,000 of their descendants. The Call for Recognition: a report on the situation of Australian South Sea Islanders, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1992 – cited in ‘The Call for Recognition’, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) which has still not been actioned in the twenty first century.

Legislative Council Adjournment speech Capital Regional Employment

Government Minister's have their heads in the sand on the capital region's employment, they say it is growing well when in fact there are now more people unemployed than when the Government was elected.

D'Arcy Walsh - Kiribati - a country on the edge

D'Arcy has been working off-shore on official development assistance and private sector projects since 1984 and has been involved in over twenty different countries spanning South-East Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Middle East and Central Asia.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, when he visited the country in September 2011 declared that Kiribati was at the forefront of climate change. He said that rising tides and the lack of potable water posed a very serious threat to the livelihoods, security and survival of the island nation's residents. The President of Kiribati, Antone Tong, has also warned his people that they must accept the inevitability that in 35 years, or less, much of their country would be underwater and that they must look to migrate before this time.
The AusAID supported TVETSSP program is working with the Ministry of Labour and the Kiribati Institute of Technology to introduce Australian standard technical and vocational programs that will allow residents of Kiribati to graduate with internationally acknowledged qualifications and to migrate with dignity and with the possibility of employment.
Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean

Kiribati Proposes Regional Employment Hub For The Pacific

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is leading efforts to establish a regional employment hub for technical and vocational employment opportunities in the region.
The initiative, which is in line with Kiribati's "migration with dignity" policy for climate change, is aimed to address employment issues in Kiribati and other Pacific island countries.
The country led initiative was introduced during the SmallerIslandsStatesLeaders Meeting prior to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in the Marshall Islands in early September.
In speaking to the media, PresidentTong says Kiribati has a huge population with a large proportion of young people, so unemployment is a big problem.
The President expressed that Kiribati has to be realistic as the country does not have the economic ba...

published: 17 Sep 2013

The Kiribati Institute of Technology KIT

The KiribatiInstitute of Technology (KIT): Every year, school leavers face limited prospects for paid employment. Australian support for the KIT aims to improve facilities and teacher professional development. The KIT recently introduced internationally recognised, Australian-based standards which will assist young I-Kiribati graduates to find employment locally and access pathways to further study and employment within the region.

published: 04 Nov 2013

Nurturing nurses in Kiribati

A new breed of nurses is being trained under the Kiribati-Australia NursesInitiative, which is part of a partnership to provide opportunities to develop skills in demand domestically and overseas.
The nursing students undertake a degree at Griffith University in Brisbane.
A nation looks to employment to provide its people with a more certain future.

Kiribati & Climate Change

The KiribatiSideEvent at COP15 presented, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the future for this small & vulnerable mid Pacific nation.
A combination of the everyday realities, scientific research, adaptation challenges, possible future migration options, and the threatened loss of a unique lifestyle & culture make this a document which touches both the heart & mind.
An NTNK Video Production

published: 29 Nov 2010

Kiribati Tuna

Katarake Kariabi from Kiribati is a retired Tuna fisherman. Over the years he has seen the Tuna fisheries in Kiribati decline from industrial fishing by foreign fishing vessels. You can help to save the fisheries of Kiribati and protect the future livelihoods that its people need. https://www.greenpeace.org.au/donate/pacific-tuna

NZ Rejects First Climate Refugee Appeal

A Pacific Islander who applied to the New Zealand government to give him status as the world's first climate refugee has had his appeal turned down.
Ioane Teitiota, 38, argued he should not be sent back to the island nation of Kiribati because it was under threat due to rising seas.
That, he argued, made it unsafe for him and his family.
However, while NZ's Supreme Court agreed that the tiny nation of about 100,000 people was suffering environmental degradation, it said Mr Teitiota's application did not meet the legal definition of a refugee because he was not facing persecution.
"While Kiribati undoubtedly faces challenges, Mr Teitiota does not, if returned, face 'serious harm'," the Supreme Court said in a ruling released on Monday.
"There is no evidence that the government of Kiribati i...

published: 21 Jul 2015

Kiribati: Paradise Lost

Within 50 years the island nation of Kiribati could be underwater due to rising sea levels caused by global climate change. What are people doing to prepare for a day when their country no longer exists?

Legislative Council Adjournment speech Capital Regional Employment

Government Minister's have their heads in the sand on the capital region's employment, they say it is growing well when in fact there are now more people unemployed than when the Government was elected.

Bridging the Unemployment Gap

D'Arcy Walsh - Kiribati - a country on the edge

D'Arcy has been working off-shore on official development assistance and private sector projects since 1984 and has been involved in over twenty different countries spanning South-East Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Middle East and Central Asia.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, when he visited the country in September 2011 declared that Kiribati was at the forefront of climate change. He said that rising tides and the lack of potable water posed a very serious threat to the livelihoods, security and survival of the island nation's residents. The President of Kiribati, Antone Tong, has also warned his people that they must accept the inevitability that in 35 years, or less, much of their country would be underwater and that they must look to migrate before this time.
The AusAID supported TVET...

Kiribati Proposes Regional Employment Hub For The Pacific

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is leading efforts to establish a regional employment hub for technical and vocational employment opportunities in the reg...

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is leading efforts to establish a regional employment hub for technical and vocational employment opportunities in the region.
The initiative, which is in line with Kiribati's "migration with dignity" policy for climate change, is aimed to address employment issues in Kiribati and other Pacific island countries.
The country led initiative was introduced during the SmallerIslandsStatesLeaders Meeting prior to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in the Marshall Islands in early September.
In speaking to the media, PresidentTong says Kiribati has a huge population with a large proportion of young people, so unemployment is a big problem.
The President expressed that Kiribati has to be realistic as the country does not have the economic base to be able to employ everyone, but over the years, the government has been looking for access to the international labor market.
Such as the Australia-Pacific Technical College, which started in 2005, he says arming his people with skills goes along with the "migration with dignity" policy "because you get people skilled you won't need to find somewhere for them to go, they will find themselves a place to go, because they will be marketable."
He says he always regarded that as part of the climate change solution.
"It's a painless way and it's mutually beneficial", says the President.

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is leading efforts to establish a regional employment hub for technical and vocational employment opportunities in the region.
The initiative, which is in line with Kiribati's "migration with dignity" policy for climate change, is aimed to address employment issues in Kiribati and other Pacific island countries.
The country led initiative was introduced during the SmallerIslandsStatesLeaders Meeting prior to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in the Marshall Islands in early September.
In speaking to the media, PresidentTong says Kiribati has a huge population with a large proportion of young people, so unemployment is a big problem.
The President expressed that Kiribati has to be realistic as the country does not have the economic base to be able to employ everyone, but over the years, the government has been looking for access to the international labor market.
Such as the Australia-Pacific Technical College, which started in 2005, he says arming his people with skills goes along with the "migration with dignity" policy "because you get people skilled you won't need to find somewhere for them to go, they will find themselves a place to go, because they will be marketable."
He says he always regarded that as part of the climate change solution.
"It's a painless way and it's mutually beneficial", says the President.

The KiribatiInstitute of Technology (KIT): Every year, school leavers face limited prospects for paid employment. Australian support for the KIT aims to improve facilities and teacher professional development. The KIT recently introduced internationally recognised, Australian-based standards which will assist young I-Kiribati graduates to find employment locally and access pathways to further study and employment within the region.

The KiribatiInstitute of Technology (KIT): Every year, school leavers face limited prospects for paid employment. Australian support for the KIT aims to improve facilities and teacher professional development. The KIT recently introduced internationally recognised, Australian-based standards which will assist young I-Kiribati graduates to find employment locally and access pathways to further study and employment within the region.

Nurturing nurses in Kiribati

A new breed of nurses is being trained under the Kiribati-Australia NursesInitiative, which is part of a partnership to provide opportunities to develop skills...

A new breed of nurses is being trained under the Kiribati-Australia NursesInitiative, which is part of a partnership to provide opportunities to develop skills in demand domestically and overseas.
The nursing students undertake a degree at Griffith University in Brisbane.
A nation looks to employment to provide its people with a more certain future.

A new breed of nurses is being trained under the Kiribati-Australia NursesInitiative, which is part of a partnership to provide opportunities to develop skills in demand domestically and overseas.
The nursing students undertake a degree at Griffith University in Brisbane.
A nation looks to employment to provide its people with a more certain future.

Kiribati & Climate Change

The KiribatiSideEvent at COP15 presented, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the future for this small & vulnerable mid Pacific nation.
A combin...

The KiribatiSideEvent at COP15 presented, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the future for this small & vulnerable mid Pacific nation.
A combination of the everyday realities, scientific research, adaptation challenges, possible future migration options, and the threatened loss of a unique lifestyle & culture make this a document which touches both the heart & mind.
An NTNK Video Production

The KiribatiSideEvent at COP15 presented, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the future for this small & vulnerable mid Pacific nation.
A combination of the everyday realities, scientific research, adaptation challenges, possible future migration options, and the threatened loss of a unique lifestyle & culture make this a document which touches both the heart & mind.
An NTNK Video Production

Kiribati Tuna

Katarake Kariabi from Kiribati is a retired Tuna fisherman. Over the years he has seen the Tuna fisheries in Kiribati decline from industrial fishing by foreign...

Katarake Kariabi from Kiribati is a retired Tuna fisherman. Over the years he has seen the Tuna fisheries in Kiribati decline from industrial fishing by foreign fishing vessels. You can help to save the fisheries of Kiribati and protect the future livelihoods that its people need. https://www.greenpeace.org.au/donate/pacific-tuna

Katarake Kariabi from Kiribati is a retired Tuna fisherman. Over the years he has seen the Tuna fisheries in Kiribati decline from industrial fishing by foreign fishing vessels. You can help to save the fisheries of Kiribati and protect the future livelihoods that its people need. https://www.greenpeace.org.au/donate/pacific-tuna

A Pacific Islander who applied to the New Zealand government to give him status as the world's first climate refugee has had his appeal turned down.
Ioane Teitiota, 38, argued he should not be sent back to the island nation of Kiribati because it was under threat due to rising seas.
That, he argued, made it unsafe for him and his family.
However, while NZ's Supreme Court agreed that the tiny nation of about 100,000 people was suffering environmental degradation, it said Mr Teitiota's application did not meet the legal definition of a refugee because he was not facing persecution.
"While Kiribati undoubtedly faces challenges, Mr Teitiota does not, if returned, face 'serious harm'," the Supreme Court said in a ruling released on Monday.
"There is no evidence that the government of Kiribati is failing to take steps to protect its citizens from the effects of environmental degradation, to the extent that it can."
Mr Teitiota moved away from the island nation in 2007 and overstayed his visa, coming to the attention of police in 2011 over a minor traffic offence.
The Supreme Court's decision closes the Pacific Islander’s final avenue of appeal and means he now faces deportation along with his wife, and their three young children, all of whom were born in Auckland.
Low-lying Kiribati consisting of about 30 atolls - most only a few metres above sea level - suffers from a range of environmental problems that have been linked to climate change, including storm surges, flooding and water contamination.
The situation is so bad that Kiribati's government has bought 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of land in Fiji to act as a farm for Kiribati if salt-water pollution means the former British colony can no longer produce crops.
Kiribati's government is also considering relocating the entire population or building man-made islands to rehouse them if predictions that the sea will rise by one metre by the end of the century prove accurate.
The Supreme Court said its ruling on Mr Teitiota did not mean that those affected by climate change would never be recognised as refugees.
"Our decision in this case should not be taken as ruling out that possibility in an appropriate case," it said.

A Pacific Islander who applied to the New Zealand government to give him status as the world's first climate refugee has had his appeal turned down.
Ioane Teitiota, 38, argued he should not be sent back to the island nation of Kiribati because it was under threat due to rising seas.
That, he argued, made it unsafe for him and his family.
However, while NZ's Supreme Court agreed that the tiny nation of about 100,000 people was suffering environmental degradation, it said Mr Teitiota's application did not meet the legal definition of a refugee because he was not facing persecution.
"While Kiribati undoubtedly faces challenges, Mr Teitiota does not, if returned, face 'serious harm'," the Supreme Court said in a ruling released on Monday.
"There is no evidence that the government of Kiribati is failing to take steps to protect its citizens from the effects of environmental degradation, to the extent that it can."
Mr Teitiota moved away from the island nation in 2007 and overstayed his visa, coming to the attention of police in 2011 over a minor traffic offence.
The Supreme Court's decision closes the Pacific Islander’s final avenue of appeal and means he now faces deportation along with his wife, and their three young children, all of whom were born in Auckland.
Low-lying Kiribati consisting of about 30 atolls - most only a few metres above sea level - suffers from a range of environmental problems that have been linked to climate change, including storm surges, flooding and water contamination.
The situation is so bad that Kiribati's government has bought 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of land in Fiji to act as a farm for Kiribati if salt-water pollution means the former British colony can no longer produce crops.
Kiribati's government is also considering relocating the entire population or building man-made islands to rehouse them if predictions that the sea will rise by one metre by the end of the century prove accurate.
The Supreme Court said its ruling on Mr Teitiota did not mean that those affected by climate change would never be recognised as refugees.
"Our decision in this case should not be taken as ruling out that possibility in an appropriate case," it said.

Kiribati: Paradise Lost

Within 50 years the island nation of Kiribati could be underwater due to rising sea levels caused by global climate change. What are people doing to prepare for...

Within 50 years the island nation of Kiribati could be underwater due to rising sea levels caused by global climate change. What are people doing to prepare for a day when their country no longer exists?

Within 50 years the island nation of Kiribati could be underwater due to rising sea levels caused by global climate change. What are people doing to prepare for a day when their country no longer exists?

Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific IslandsBlackbird trade that started in NSW 1847 by Benjamin Boyd then the influx to QLD in 1863: Between 1863 and 1904 about 60,000 Pacific Islanders were transported to Queensland, where they toiled to create the sugar plantations of the far north. Some of these islanders moved there willingly on the promise of income, whilst others were kidnapped from their island homes. Pacific Islanders were ‘recruited’ from various islands including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides) and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. This human trafficking is euphemistically known as ‘blackbirding’. The Islanders worked in harsh conditions in the Queensland sugar fields, conditions were akin to slavery. According to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, conditions varied from plantation to plantation depending on how considerate the owners and overseers were. Abuse of the Islanders included being beaten, being deprived of food or leisure time, medical neglect and sometimes separation of married couples. In the late 19th century trade unions in Australia were fighting for workers’ rights but the Pacific Islander workers of Queensland were banned from organising as a group. They were forbidden by law from striking and from leaving their place of employment. Workers who left without permission or ‘absconded’ faced three months imprisonment. Because the Pacific Islanders were paid so poorly compared to other unskilled workers in Australia, they were seen by some as a threat to employment. Opposition to these non-white immigrants came in some cases from those involved in the labour movement. They did not object when the Commonwealth decided to deport most Pacific Islanders between 1904 and 1908 as part of the implementation of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (often referred to as the ‘White Australia policy’). In the southern states of Australia there were others, including those in labour movement, who took a different view and called for fair treatment of the Pacific Island workers. After Federation a few thousand Pacific Islanders were not deported and were permitted to remain in Australia.Today north Queensland is home to more than 20,000 of their descendants. The Call for Recognition: a report on the situation of Australian South Sea Islanders, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1992 – cited in ‘The Call for Recognition’, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) which has still not been actioned in the twenty first century.

Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific IslandsBlackbird trade that started in NSW 1847 by Benjamin Boyd then the influx to QLD in 1863: Between 1863 and 1904 about 60,000 Pacific Islanders were transported to Queensland, where they toiled to create the sugar plantations of the far north. Some of these islanders moved there willingly on the promise of income, whilst others were kidnapped from their island homes. Pacific Islanders were ‘recruited’ from various islands including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides) and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. This human trafficking is euphemistically known as ‘blackbirding’. The Islanders worked in harsh conditions in the Queensland sugar fields, conditions were akin to slavery. According to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, conditions varied from plantation to plantation depending on how considerate the owners and overseers were. Abuse of the Islanders included being beaten, being deprived of food or leisure time, medical neglect and sometimes separation of married couples. In the late 19th century trade unions in Australia were fighting for workers’ rights but the Pacific Islander workers of Queensland were banned from organising as a group. They were forbidden by law from striking and from leaving their place of employment. Workers who left without permission or ‘absconded’ faced three months imprisonment. Because the Pacific Islanders were paid so poorly compared to other unskilled workers in Australia, they were seen by some as a threat to employment. Opposition to these non-white immigrants came in some cases from those involved in the labour movement. They did not object when the Commonwealth decided to deport most Pacific Islanders between 1904 and 1908 as part of the implementation of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (often referred to as the ‘White Australia policy’). In the southern states of Australia there were others, including those in labour movement, who took a different view and called for fair treatment of the Pacific Island workers. After Federation a few thousand Pacific Islanders were not deported and were permitted to remain in Australia.Today north Queensland is home to more than 20,000 of their descendants. The Call for Recognition: a report on the situation of Australian South Sea Islanders, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1992 – cited in ‘The Call for Recognition’, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) which has still not been actioned in the twenty first century.

Legislative Council Adjournment speech Capital Regional Employment

Government Minister's have their heads in the sand on the capital region's employment, they say it is growing well when in fact there are now more people unempl...

Government Minister's have their heads in the sand on the capital region's employment, they say it is growing well when in fact there are now more people unemployed than when the Government was elected.

Government Minister's have their heads in the sand on the capital region's employment, they say it is growing well when in fact there are now more people unemployed than when the Government was elected.

D'Arcy Walsh - Kiribati - a country on the edge

D'Arcy has been working off-shore on official development assistance and private sector projects since 1984 and has been involved in over twenty different count...

D'Arcy has been working off-shore on official development assistance and private sector projects since 1984 and has been involved in over twenty different countries spanning South-East Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Middle East and Central Asia.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, when he visited the country in September 2011 declared that Kiribati was at the forefront of climate change. He said that rising tides and the lack of potable water posed a very serious threat to the livelihoods, security and survival of the island nation's residents. The President of Kiribati, Antone Tong, has also warned his people that they must accept the inevitability that in 35 years, or less, much of their country would be underwater and that they must look to migrate before this time.
The AusAID supported TVETSSP program is working with the Ministry of Labour and the Kiribati Institute of Technology to introduce Australian standard technical and vocational programs that will allow residents of Kiribati to graduate with internationally acknowledged qualifications and to migrate with dignity and with the possibility of employment.
Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean

D'Arcy has been working off-shore on official development assistance and private sector projects since 1984 and has been involved in over twenty different countries spanning South-East Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Middle East and Central Asia.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, when he visited the country in September 2011 declared that Kiribati was at the forefront of climate change. He said that rising tides and the lack of potable water posed a very serious threat to the livelihoods, security and survival of the island nation's residents. The President of Kiribati, Antone Tong, has also warned his people that they must accept the inevitability that in 35 years, or less, much of their country would be underwater and that they must look to migrate before this time.
The AusAID supported TVETSSP program is working with the Ministry of Labour and the Kiribati Institute of Technology to introduce Australian standard technical and vocational programs that will allow residents of Kiribati to graduate with internationally acknowledged qualifications and to migrate with dignity and with the possibility of employment.
Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean

Kiribati Travel Guide

KiribatiTravelGuide: Curving its way above and below the equator, the Republic of Kiribati (pronounced 'Kiri-bas') encompasses the Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands, and was known under British rule as the Gilbert Islands. Measured by land size Kiribati is a tiny nation of just over 810 sq km, but its 33 atolls span a huge 3.5 million sq km of the Pacific. Most atolls surround turquoise lagoons and barely rise above the surrounding ocean, so it's rare to be out of the sight and sound of the sea.
Kiribati's recent colonial and WWII history has had little impact on the outer islands, where the people subsist on coconuts, breadfruit and fish as they have done for centuries. Even on the main island, Tarawa, most locals live in traditional raised thatched huts. Western influence is increasin...

SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/VicStefanu - Here's a remarkable documentary including only the the beautiful faces of the wonderful people of Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) in the Pacific Ocean, All these scenes that you see here were recorded during my 8-day stay in the islands of the Tarawa Atoll, in an island just north of that of Bairiki. Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati is an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. The nation comprises 33 atolls and reef islands and one raised coral island; Banaba.

KIRIBATI TOURISM - Heaven for travellers

Welcome to Kiribati,
Kiribati is a unitary state situated in the middle of the pacific ocean, with an area of ​​about 800 Kilometers square, with marvelous marine beauty. The island has approximately 30 small islands and reef areas that can suck the attention of all tourists, to visit the island with Australian Dollar currency.
Sea and beach is one of the destinations that until now is still a tourist destination of travelers from around the world. The value of its beauty is increasingly valuable, with facilities and tourist facilities that support. One that has this potential, is the Kiribati Islands.
Kiribati tourism is increasingly developing its tourism aspect. Especially, the first sunrise charm that can be enjoyed on this island. Yes, Kiribati is one of the places on Earth, which ...

Travel tips for Marshall Islands and Kiribati

KIRIBATI - THE SINKING ISLANDS

Imagine living on an low lying atoll and worrying whether the next high tide will destroy your home?
Or being unable to prepare for your future, engage in business or invest in your country because there may not be a tomorrow.?
Well these are the realities people of Kiribati face everyday.
TalkBusiness catches up with the man who tries to put these fears to rest for his people, fighting an uphill battle against climate change and those responsible for his sinking islands.

Visiting Kiribati's Christmas islands. This is the first part of the story. You can also read the blog posts of it on www.matkakuume.net --
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published: 04 Nov 2015

Diving Christmas Island, Kiribati 2015

What an amazing place, with barely any dive tourism, CXI is just a total paradise, I was blown away by the amount of life and how healthy the reefs were. All shot on GoPro4 silver with a switchblade macro/red filter. Was my first time using it but i got kinda good by the end of the trip. Enjoy

published: 15 Mar 2015

The Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, Pacific Ocean

NOT AVAILABLE ON SOME MOBILE DEVICES - In November 2009Julian McDonnell (that's me) set out with a group of scientists to the uninhabited Phoenix Islands in the Pacific to help save endangered species of birds.
In some ways this is the prequel to the award winning film "Take Me To Pitcairn".
Having never been on a sea voyage before Julian McDonnell is taken all over the Pacific for three weeks having to live outside his comfort zone (which is capuccinos and chocolate biscuits!)
The PhoenixIslands are a part of the Kingdom of Kiribati and some of them are uninhabited. They are also a marine protected area and a part of P.I.P.A so there are species of fish there which are still undiscovered.
See Julian struggling with camping on desert islands, cooking with basic utensils and panicki...

Maiana Islands Travel Video

KIRIBATI, a tour and the 3 huge challenges this nation is facing (CENTRAL PACIFIC)

SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/VicStefanu - Let's go to the Republic of Kiribati (also known as the Tarawa Atoll or the Gilberts islands) and let's take a tour of this rarely visited island nation in the Central PacificOcean.Not only we will see some spectacular scenes, but,we will examine the 3 huge challenges this nation is facing: Population explosion, garbage and rubbish environmental catastrophe and finally, yes, the rising sea levels.
Kiribati, an island republic in the Central Pacific, comprises 33 coral atolls and isles stretching along the equator. With lagoons and white-sand beaches, many of its islands are uninhabited, offering a remote setting for fishing, diving and bird-watching. The crowded capital, South Tarawa, made up of small islets, retains remnants of WWII batt...

Kiribati - A Climate Change Reality

#COP21 @UNDP
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Boobu Tioram, a resident of the Pacific island of Kirabati, took time out from reinforcing a seawall in front of his newly built house to speak with UNDP about what climate change has meant to his way of life.
I have moved three times, every three years I have moved, he said, standing on the beach a few metres from his home. Tioram gestured toward a point about 20 metres into the sea, and explained that his first house once stood on a spot now covered in swelling ocean waves. Each time he has moved farther inland, and each time the sea has followed.
Im not sure how long Ill be [in this house], Tioram continued. That depends on how strong my seawall here can withstand high tide waves.
UNDP believes that it is the developing world that stands to lose the mos...

SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/VicStefanu - Let's go for a bus (van, actually) ride from my hotel towards the capital island of Bairiki in Kiribati (or, Gilbert Islands, as it is known, or, the Tarawa Atoll) and let's experience how it feels to ride in one of these buses on a very dusty road (which, however, is under construction). Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati is an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. The nation comprises 33 atolls and reef islands and one raised coral island; Banaba

KiribatiTravelGuide: Curving its way above and below the equator, the Republic of Kiribati (pronounced 'Kiri-bas') encompasses the Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands, and was known under British rule as the Gilbert Islands. Measured by land size Kiribati is a tiny nation of just over 810 sq km, but its 33 atolls span a huge 3.5 million sq km of the Pacific. Most atolls surround turquoise lagoons and barely rise above the surrounding ocean, so it's rare to be out of the sight and sound of the sea.
Kiribati's recent colonial and WWII history has had little impact on the outer islands, where the people subsist on coconuts, breadfruit and fish as they have done for centuries. Even on the main island, Tarawa, most locals live in traditional raised thatched huts. Western influence is increasing, though, in the form of cars, bars, movies and the Internet, and inevitably there's an escalating urban drift from the outer islands to Tarawa.
The people of the islands are known as I-Kiribati. Wide-eyed children may chirp a bold 'mauri' (hello) to passing strangers, while their elders tend towards a laconic raise of an eyebrow in greeting. Nothing happens fast here, so wind down, relax and enjoy living on island time.
Enjoy Your Kiribati Travel Guide!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyZ30c9osM0

KiribatiTravelGuide: Curving its way above and below the equator, the Republic of Kiribati (pronounced 'Kiri-bas') encompasses the Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands, and was known under British rule as the Gilbert Islands. Measured by land size Kiribati is a tiny nation of just over 810 sq km, but its 33 atolls span a huge 3.5 million sq km of the Pacific. Most atolls surround turquoise lagoons and barely rise above the surrounding ocean, so it's rare to be out of the sight and sound of the sea.
Kiribati's recent colonial and WWII history has had little impact on the outer islands, where the people subsist on coconuts, breadfruit and fish as they have done for centuries. Even on the main island, Tarawa, most locals live in traditional raised thatched huts. Western influence is increasing, though, in the form of cars, bars, movies and the Internet, and inevitably there's an escalating urban drift from the outer islands to Tarawa.
The people of the islands are known as I-Kiribati. Wide-eyed children may chirp a bold 'mauri' (hello) to passing strangers, while their elders tend towards a laconic raise of an eyebrow in greeting. Nothing happens fast here, so wind down, relax and enjoy living on island time.
Enjoy Your Kiribati Travel Guide!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyZ30c9osM0

SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/VicStefanu - Here's a remarkable documentary including only the the beautiful faces of the wonderful people of Kiribati (Gil...

SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/VicStefanu - Here's a remarkable documentary including only the the beautiful faces of the wonderful people of Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) in the Pacific Ocean, All these scenes that you see here were recorded during my 8-day stay in the islands of the Tarawa Atoll, in an island just north of that of Bairiki. Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati is an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. The nation comprises 33 atolls and reef islands and one raised coral island; Banaba.

SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/VicStefanu - Here's a remarkable documentary including only the the beautiful faces of the wonderful people of Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) in the Pacific Ocean, All these scenes that you see here were recorded during my 8-day stay in the islands of the Tarawa Atoll, in an island just north of that of Bairiki. Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati is an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. The nation comprises 33 atolls and reef islands and one raised coral island; Banaba.

KIRIBATI TOURISM - Heaven for travellers

Welcome to Kiribati,
Kiribati is a unitary state situated in the middle of the pacific ocean, with an area of ​​about 800 Kilometers square, with marvelous mar...

Welcome to Kiribati,
Kiribati is a unitary state situated in the middle of the pacific ocean, with an area of ​​about 800 Kilometers square, with marvelous marine beauty. The island has approximately 30 small islands and reef areas that can suck the attention of all tourists, to visit the island with Australian Dollar currency.
Sea and beach is one of the destinations that until now is still a tourist destination of travelers from around the world. The value of its beauty is increasingly valuable, with facilities and tourist facilities that support. One that has this potential, is the Kiribati Islands.
Kiribati tourism is increasingly developing its tourism aspect. Especially, the first sunrise charm that can be enjoyed on this island. Yes, Kiribati is one of the places on Earth, which gets the first solar greeting every day. In addition to the charming charm of the morning sun, the island is filled with lush coconut trees, it also sells the beauty of nature that is not less beautiful, with other famous beaches in the world.
Some of the islands included in this archipelago, are Banaba, Tarawa, Gilbert Island, and LineIsland, which is also a bestselling manus being a tourist destination that holds a million beauty. Facilities and facilities offered by this attraction is not lost. Hotels, inns, and nautical restaurants are ready to pamper every visitor who comes. If you want to bring souvenirs home, you can stop at a few hand-held fruit shops scattered around the kiribati.
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Welcome to Kiribati,
Kiribati is a unitary state situated in the middle of the pacific ocean, with an area of ​​about 800 Kilometers square, with marvelous marine beauty. The island has approximately 30 small islands and reef areas that can suck the attention of all tourists, to visit the island with Australian Dollar currency.
Sea and beach is one of the destinations that until now is still a tourist destination of travelers from around the world. The value of its beauty is increasingly valuable, with facilities and tourist facilities that support. One that has this potential, is the Kiribati Islands.
Kiribati tourism is increasingly developing its tourism aspect. Especially, the first sunrise charm that can be enjoyed on this island. Yes, Kiribati is one of the places on Earth, which gets the first solar greeting every day. In addition to the charming charm of the morning sun, the island is filled with lush coconut trees, it also sells the beauty of nature that is not less beautiful, with other famous beaches in the world.
Some of the islands included in this archipelago, are Banaba, Tarawa, Gilbert Island, and LineIsland, which is also a bestselling manus being a tourist destination that holds a million beauty. Facilities and facilities offered by this attraction is not lost. Hotels, inns, and nautical restaurants are ready to pamper every visitor who comes. If you want to bring souvenirs home, you can stop at a few hand-held fruit shops scattered around the kiribati.
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KIRIBATI - THE SINKING ISLANDS

Imagine living on an low lying atoll and worrying whether the next high tide will destroy your home?
Or being unable to prepare for your future, engage in busi...

Imagine living on an low lying atoll and worrying whether the next high tide will destroy your home?
Or being unable to prepare for your future, engage in business or invest in your country because there may not be a tomorrow.?
Well these are the realities people of Kiribati face everyday.
TalkBusiness catches up with the man who tries to put these fears to rest for his people, fighting an uphill battle against climate change and those responsible for his sinking islands.

Imagine living on an low lying atoll and worrying whether the next high tide will destroy your home?
Or being unable to prepare for your future, engage in business or invest in your country because there may not be a tomorrow.?
Well these are the realities people of Kiribati face everyday.
TalkBusiness catches up with the man who tries to put these fears to rest for his people, fighting an uphill battle against climate change and those responsible for his sinking islands.

Diving Christmas Island, Kiribati 2015

What an amazing place, with barely any dive tourism, CXI is just a total paradise, I was blown away by the amount of life and how healthy the reefs were. All s...

What an amazing place, with barely any dive tourism, CXI is just a total paradise, I was blown away by the amount of life and how healthy the reefs were. All shot on GoPro4 silver with a switchblade macro/red filter. Was my first time using it but i got kinda good by the end of the trip. Enjoy

What an amazing place, with barely any dive tourism, CXI is just a total paradise, I was blown away by the amount of life and how healthy the reefs were. All shot on GoPro4 silver with a switchblade macro/red filter. Was my first time using it but i got kinda good by the end of the trip. Enjoy

NOT AVAILABLE ON SOME MOBILE DEVICES - In November 2009Julian McDonnell (that's me) set out with a group of scientists to the uninhabited Phoenix Islands in the Pacific to help save endangered species of birds.
In some ways this is the prequel to the award winning film "Take Me To Pitcairn".
Having never been on a sea voyage before Julian McDonnell is taken all over the Pacific for three weeks having to live outside his comfort zone (which is capuccinos and chocolate biscuits!)
The PhoenixIslands are a part of the Kingdom of Kiribati and some of them are uninhabited. They are also a marine protected area and a part of P.I.P.A so there are species of fish there which are still undiscovered.
See Julian struggling with camping on desert islands, cooking with basic utensils and panicking on a boat in the middle of the cyclone season.
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NOT AVAILABLE ON SOME MOBILE DEVICES - In November 2009Julian McDonnell (that's me) set out with a group of scientists to the uninhabited Phoenix Islands in the Pacific to help save endangered species of birds.
In some ways this is the prequel to the award winning film "Take Me To Pitcairn".
Having never been on a sea voyage before Julian McDonnell is taken all over the Pacific for three weeks having to live outside his comfort zone (which is capuccinos and chocolate biscuits!)
The PhoenixIslands are a part of the Kingdom of Kiribati and some of them are uninhabited. They are also a marine protected area and a part of P.I.P.A so there are species of fish there which are still undiscovered.
See Julian struggling with camping on desert islands, cooking with basic utensils and panicking on a boat in the middle of the cyclone season.
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SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/VicStefanu - Let's go to the Republic of Kiribati (also known as the Tarawa Atoll or the Gilberts islands) and let's take a tour of this rarely visited island nation in the Central PacificOcean.Not only we will see some spectacular scenes, but,we will examine the 3 huge challenges this nation is facing: Population explosion, garbage and rubbish environmental catastrophe and finally, yes, the rising sea levels.
Kiribati, an island republic in the Central Pacific, comprises 33 coral atolls and isles stretching along the equator. With lagoons and white-sand beaches, many of its islands are uninhabited, offering a remote setting for fishing, diving and bird-watching. The crowded capital, South Tarawa, made up of small islets, retains remnants of WWII battles fought on its shores, and is known for folk dancing and handicrafts.
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SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/VicStefanu - Let's go to the Republic of Kiribati (also known as the Tarawa Atoll or the Gilberts islands) and let's take a tour of this rarely visited island nation in the Central PacificOcean.Not only we will see some spectacular scenes, but,we will examine the 3 huge challenges this nation is facing: Population explosion, garbage and rubbish environmental catastrophe and finally, yes, the rising sea levels.
Kiribati, an island republic in the Central Pacific, comprises 33 coral atolls and isles stretching along the equator. With lagoons and white-sand beaches, many of its islands are uninhabited, offering a remote setting for fishing, diving and bird-watching. The crowded capital, South Tarawa, made up of small islets, retains remnants of WWII battles fought on its shores, and is known for folk dancing and handicrafts.
Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com.
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Kiribati - A Climate Change Reality

#COP21 @UNDP
undo.org/cop21
Boobu Tioram, a resident of the Pacific island of Kirabati, took time out from reinforcing a seawall in front of his newly built ho...

#COP21 @UNDP
undo.org/cop21
Boobu Tioram, a resident of the Pacific island of Kirabati, took time out from reinforcing a seawall in front of his newly built house to speak with UNDP about what climate change has meant to his way of life.
I have moved three times, every three years I have moved, he said, standing on the beach a few metres from his home. Tioram gestured toward a point about 20 metres into the sea, and explained that his first house once stood on a spot now covered in swelling ocean waves. Each time he has moved farther inland, and each time the sea has followed.
Im not sure how long Ill be [in this house], Tioram continued. That depends on how strong my seawall here can withstand high tide waves.
UNDP believes that it is the developing world that stands to lose the most, and which is already losing out, as the effects of climate change edge toward the catastrophic. As climate negotiations open in Copenhagen, worlds away from this tiny Pacific nation consisting of 33 low lying atolls, it is important to keep in mind that for the people of Kirabati, and other poor island and coastal nations, funds for adaptation and not only prevention must top the international to-do list.
Carbon trading will be of no special consequence to us, so there has got to be some very special provisions for the victims, said Kirabati PresidentAnote Tong. Not the potential victims, but the victims, because we are the victims, so there has to be some very deep soul searching.
Kirabati is no more than four metres high at its highest point, and 100 percent of the population lives within one kilometre of the coast, making this nation one of the most vulnerable to the effects of global warming. Its future is uncertain, including the question of whether it even has a future anymore.
The scientific research shows that by 2100 its almost certain that well have more than a metre of sea level rise, said KarenBernard, a UNDP programme specialist in natural disaster reduction and transition. On a flat island like Kirabati that mount of sea level rise comes very far inland.
Its a very serious situation, Bernard continued. For that reason, the Government is looking for options for relocating the population.

#COP21 @UNDP
undo.org/cop21
Boobu Tioram, a resident of the Pacific island of Kirabati, took time out from reinforcing a seawall in front of his newly built house to speak with UNDP about what climate change has meant to his way of life.
I have moved three times, every three years I have moved, he said, standing on the beach a few metres from his home. Tioram gestured toward a point about 20 metres into the sea, and explained that his first house once stood on a spot now covered in swelling ocean waves. Each time he has moved farther inland, and each time the sea has followed.
Im not sure how long Ill be [in this house], Tioram continued. That depends on how strong my seawall here can withstand high tide waves.
UNDP believes that it is the developing world that stands to lose the most, and which is already losing out, as the effects of climate change edge toward the catastrophic. As climate negotiations open in Copenhagen, worlds away from this tiny Pacific nation consisting of 33 low lying atolls, it is important to keep in mind that for the people of Kirabati, and other poor island and coastal nations, funds for adaptation and not only prevention must top the international to-do list.
Carbon trading will be of no special consequence to us, so there has got to be some very special provisions for the victims, said Kirabati PresidentAnote Tong. Not the potential victims, but the victims, because we are the victims, so there has to be some very deep soul searching.
Kirabati is no more than four metres high at its highest point, and 100 percent of the population lives within one kilometre of the coast, making this nation one of the most vulnerable to the effects of global warming. Its future is uncertain, including the question of whether it even has a future anymore.
The scientific research shows that by 2100 its almost certain that well have more than a metre of sea level rise, said KarenBernard, a UNDP programme specialist in natural disaster reduction and transition. On a flat island like Kirabati that mount of sea level rise comes very far inland.
Its a very serious situation, Bernard continued. For that reason, the Government is looking for options for relocating the population.

SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/VicStefanu - Let's go for a bus (van, actually) ride from my hotel towards the capital island of Bairiki in Kiribati (or, Gilbert Islands, as it is known, or, the Tarawa Atoll) and let's experience how it feels to ride in one of these buses on a very dusty road (which, however, is under construction). Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati is an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. The nation comprises 33 atolls and reef islands and one raised coral island; Banaba

SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/VicStefanu - Let's go for a bus (van, actually) ride from my hotel towards the capital island of Bairiki in Kiribati (or, Gilbert Islands, as it is known, or, the Tarawa Atoll) and let's experience how it feels to ride in one of these buses on a very dusty road (which, however, is under construction). Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati is an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. The nation comprises 33 atolls and reef islands and one raised coral island; Banaba

D'Arcy Walsh - Kiribati - a country on the edge

D'Arcy has been working off-shore on official development assistance and private sector projects since 1984 and has been involved in over twenty different countries spanning South-East Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Middle East and Central Asia.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, when he visited the country in September 2011 declared that Kiribati was at the forefront of climate change. He said that rising tides and the lack of potable water posed a very serious threat to the livelihoods, security and survival of the island nation's residents. The President of Kiribati, Antone Tong, has also warned his people that they must accept the inevitability that in 35 years, or less, much of their country would be underwater and that they must look to migrate before this time.
The AusAID supported TVET...

published: 23 Nov 2012

BTA: "Every Short Term Module for Tackling Unemployment is a Fraud"- Charles Sam

Economy Of Tuvalu

The TuvaluTrust Fund was established for the intended purpose of helping to supplement national deficits, underpin economic development, and help the nation achieve greater financial autonomy. The Trust Fund, has contributed roughly ( A$79 million ) 15% of the annual government budget each year since 1990. With a capital value of about 2.5 times G D P, the Trust Fund provides an important cushion for Tuvalu's volatile income sources from fishing and royalties from the sale of the .tv domain. World BankStatistics outline that in 2010 Tuvalu produced a bottom-tier ranking Gross Domestic Product of $31,350,804 and Gross National Income of $4,760. In terms of G N I the nation compares, adequately with other PacificS ID S states such as Kiribati ( $2,010 ) and the Marshall Islands ( $3,640 ...

Fan Mail Friday #113 | Hating Your Job Is Not a Business Plan

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Rising Sea Levels and Low Lying Islands in 2050

published: 23 Oct 2016

When will machines take over? | DW Documentary

Robots and computers are already inextricable parts of our lives – they are cleverer and faster than us. Will machines soon dominate our lives even more?
Machines that are cleverer and faster than humans – scientists all around the world are working on artificial intelligence to make this a reality. But the question is: for better or for worse? How will machines change our lives?
Machines are cleverer and faster than humans may sound like science fiction, but scientists all around the world are working on making this scenario come true. Should the breakthrough in the area of AI - artificial intelligence - succeed, and there is a lot of evidence suggesting it will, then our lives will change radically. But the question is: for better or for worse?
Scientists are working hard on a form of...

published: 29 Jul 2017

Behind the beauty of Miss Germany pageants | DW Documentary

Every year, thousands of candidates take part in beauty pageants with the dream of being crowned Miss Germany. But who is behind these competitions?
"When a Miss enters the room, everyone has to turn to look at her," says RalfKlemmer and turns towards the stage. Fifteen attractive women are rehearsing for the Miss Lower Saxony competition. The Miss Germany Corporation, a family business based in Oldenburg in Lower Saxony, hosts around 150 such beauty competitions every year. The Klemmers have made them their business.
Horst Klemmer founded the Miss Germany Corporation in 1970 and is still active in the family business today. His son Ralf Klemmer is the company director, while grandson Max Klemmer is responsible for communications. In 2000, the company registered the names Miss and Miste...

published: 26 Aug 2017

New migration in Europe (2/2) | DW Documentary

Refugees, immigration, flight – forms of 'new migration' in Europe pose great challenges but also open opportunities. We take a closer look.
The internationally acclaimed migration journalist and author Doug Saunders is optimistic. His history of migration in Europe shows that it can bring great opportunities for everyone. We join him on a trip to Istanbul, London, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin.
'Arrival City' is the term Doug Saunders uses for the title of his book: a place where migrants first settle in search of a better future for their children. To find out how integration works, and why it fails so miserably in some places, Saunders and director Jörg Daniel Hissen visited Istanbul, London, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin. Flight, immigration, the move from rural to urban areas and other ...

COP-21: From the Arctic to the Islands: Building Resilience Now in the Face of Rapid Climate Change

This event will focus on the U.S.Department of Interior's experiences preparing for climate change impacts and highlighting examples from the diverse regions where the Department of Interior works; these regions range from the Arctic and the continental United States to islands in the Caribbean and Pacific. The essential role of ecosystems and natural infrastructure in supporting community resilience will be discussed, as well as the critical role that youth and indigenous peoples play in preparing for and adapting to climate change. The importance of sharing experiences, data, and resources in building resilience across borders will be emphasized by providing examples of international cooperation in the Arctic.
Speakers:
Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Alson Kelen, Presid...

D'Arcy Walsh - Kiribati - a country on the edge

D'Arcy has been working off-shore on official development assistance and private sector projects since 1984 and has been involved in over twenty different count...

D'Arcy has been working off-shore on official development assistance and private sector projects since 1984 and has been involved in over twenty different countries spanning South-East Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Middle East and Central Asia.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, when he visited the country in September 2011 declared that Kiribati was at the forefront of climate change. He said that rising tides and the lack of potable water posed a very serious threat to the livelihoods, security and survival of the island nation's residents. The President of Kiribati, Antone Tong, has also warned his people that they must accept the inevitability that in 35 years, or less, much of their country would be underwater and that they must look to migrate before this time.
The AusAID supported TVETSSP program is working with the Ministry of Labour and the Kiribati Institute of Technology to introduce Australian standard technical and vocational programs that will allow residents of Kiribati to graduate with internationally acknowledged qualifications and to migrate with dignity and with the possibility of employment.
Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean

D'Arcy has been working off-shore on official development assistance and private sector projects since 1984 and has been involved in over twenty different countries spanning South-East Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Middle East and Central Asia.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, when he visited the country in September 2011 declared that Kiribati was at the forefront of climate change. He said that rising tides and the lack of potable water posed a very serious threat to the livelihoods, security and survival of the island nation's residents. The President of Kiribati, Antone Tong, has also warned his people that they must accept the inevitability that in 35 years, or less, much of their country would be underwater and that they must look to migrate before this time.
The AusAID supported TVETSSP program is working with the Ministry of Labour and the Kiribati Institute of Technology to introduce Australian standard technical and vocational programs that will allow residents of Kiribati to graduate with internationally acknowledged qualifications and to migrate with dignity and with the possibility of employment.
Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean

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BTA: "Every Short Term Module for Tackling Unemployment is a Fraud"- Charles Sam

Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific IslandsBlackbird trade that started in NSW 1847 by Benjamin Boyd then the influx to QLD in 1863: Between 1863 and 1904 about 60,000 Pacific Islanders were transported to Queensland, where they toiled to create the sugar plantations of the far north. Some of these islanders moved there willingly on the promise of income, whilst others were kidnapped from their island homes. Pacific Islanders were ‘recruited’ from various islands including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides) and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. This human trafficking is euphemistically known as ‘blackbirding’. The Islanders worked in harsh conditions in the Queensland sugar fields, conditions were akin to slavery. According to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, conditions varied from plantation to plantation depending on how considerate the owners and overseers were. Abuse of the Islanders included being beaten, being deprived of food or leisure time, medical neglect and sometimes separation of married couples. In the late 19th century trade unions in Australia were fighting for workers’ rights but the Pacific Islander workers of Queensland were banned from organising as a group. They were forbidden by law from striking and from leaving their place of employment. Workers who left without permission or ‘absconded’ faced three months imprisonment. Because the Pacific Islanders were paid so poorly compared to other unskilled workers in Australia, they were seen by some as a threat to employment. Opposition to these non-white immigrants came in some cases from those involved in the labour movement. They did not object when the Commonwealth decided to deport most Pacific Islanders between 1904 and 1908 as part of the implementation of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (often referred to as the ‘White Australia policy’). In the southern states of Australia there were others, including those in labour movement, who took a different view and called for fair treatment of the Pacific Island workers. After Federation a few thousand Pacific Islanders were not deported and were permitted to remain in Australia.Today north Queensland is home to more than 20,000 of their descendants. The Call for Recognition: a report on the situation of Australian South Sea Islanders, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1992 – cited in ‘The Call for Recognition’, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) which has still not been actioned in the twenty first century.

Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific IslandsBlackbird trade that started in NSW 1847 by Benjamin Boyd then the influx to QLD in 1863: Between 1863 and 1904 about 60,000 Pacific Islanders were transported to Queensland, where they toiled to create the sugar plantations of the far north. Some of these islanders moved there willingly on the promise of income, whilst others were kidnapped from their island homes. Pacific Islanders were ‘recruited’ from various islands including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides) and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. This human trafficking is euphemistically known as ‘blackbirding’. The Islanders worked in harsh conditions in the Queensland sugar fields, conditions were akin to slavery. According to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, conditions varied from plantation to plantation depending on how considerate the owners and overseers were. Abuse of the Islanders included being beaten, being deprived of food or leisure time, medical neglect and sometimes separation of married couples. In the late 19th century trade unions in Australia were fighting for workers’ rights but the Pacific Islander workers of Queensland were banned from organising as a group. They were forbidden by law from striking and from leaving their place of employment. Workers who left without permission or ‘absconded’ faced three months imprisonment. Because the Pacific Islanders were paid so poorly compared to other unskilled workers in Australia, they were seen by some as a threat to employment. Opposition to these non-white immigrants came in some cases from those involved in the labour movement. They did not object when the Commonwealth decided to deport most Pacific Islanders between 1904 and 1908 as part of the implementation of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (often referred to as the ‘White Australia policy’). In the southern states of Australia there were others, including those in labour movement, who took a different view and called for fair treatment of the Pacific Island workers. After Federation a few thousand Pacific Islanders were not deported and were permitted to remain in Australia.Today north Queensland is home to more than 20,000 of their descendants. The Call for Recognition: a report on the situation of Australian South Sea Islanders, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1992 – cited in ‘The Call for Recognition’, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) which has still not been actioned in the twenty first century.

Economy Of Tuvalu

The TuvaluTrust Fund was established for the intended purpose of helping to supplement national deficits, underpin economic development, and help the nation ac...

The TuvaluTrust Fund was established for the intended purpose of helping to supplement national deficits, underpin economic development, and help the nation achieve greater financial autonomy. The Trust Fund, has contributed roughly ( A$79 million ) 15% of the annual government budget each year since 1990. With a capital value of about 2.5 times G D P, the Trust Fund provides an important cushion for Tuvalu's volatile income sources from fishing and royalties from the sale of the .tv domain. World BankStatistics outline that in 2010 Tuvalu produced a bottom-tier ranking Gross Domestic Product of $31,350,804 and Gross National Income of $4,760. In terms of G N I the nation compares, adequately with other PacificS ID S states such as Kiribati ( $2,010 ) and the Marshall Islands ( $3,640 ) . Fishing licensing agreements with Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and the United States generating an income of A$9 million in 2009. In 2013 revenue from fishing licenses doubled in 2013 and now totales more than 45% of G D P . A large proportion of national income is obtained through the employment of 15% of adult male Tuvaluans, overseas in the maritime industry. The value of these remittances was valued at A$4 million ( est. 2006 ) and on average accounts for 10% of G D P . A UN Report makes reference to the fact that these revenue streams are vulnerable to macroeconomic change while the national budget remains heavily subsidised through international aid and funding schemes such as the Tuvalu Trust Fund ( T T F ) with a strong reliance on the importation of food ( imports $15.5 million 2007 est ) . Tuvalu joined the International Monetary Fund ( I M F ) on 24 June 2010. On 5 August 2012, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund ( I M F ) concluded the Article IV consultation with Tuvalu, and assessed the economy of Tuvalu: A slow recovery is underway in Tuvalu, but there are important risks. G D P grew in 2011 for the first time since the global financial crisis, led by the private retail sector and education spending. We expect growth to rise slowly . The I M F Article IV consultation with Tuvalu, which was completed in August 2014, concluded that: Large revenues from fishing licenses, together with substantial foreign aid, facilitated a sizable budget surplus in the past two years but also an expansionary budget in 2014. The large increase in budget spending is set to cause some inflationary pressure. More importantly, the likely difficulties in unwinding the budget expansion and potential liabilities arising from weaknesses in state-owned banks and public enterprises make fiscal sustainability a major concern over the medium to long run.
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The TuvaluTrust Fund was established for the intended purpose of helping to supplement national deficits, underpin economic development, and help the nation achieve greater financial autonomy. The Trust Fund, has contributed roughly ( A$79 million ) 15% of the annual government budget each year since 1990. With a capital value of about 2.5 times G D P, the Trust Fund provides an important cushion for Tuvalu's volatile income sources from fishing and royalties from the sale of the .tv domain. World BankStatistics outline that in 2010 Tuvalu produced a bottom-tier ranking Gross Domestic Product of $31,350,804 and Gross National Income of $4,760. In terms of G N I the nation compares, adequately with other PacificS ID S states such as Kiribati ( $2,010 ) and the Marshall Islands ( $3,640 ) . Fishing licensing agreements with Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and the United States generating an income of A$9 million in 2009. In 2013 revenue from fishing licenses doubled in 2013 and now totales more than 45% of G D P . A large proportion of national income is obtained through the employment of 15% of adult male Tuvaluans, overseas in the maritime industry. The value of these remittances was valued at A$4 million ( est. 2006 ) and on average accounts for 10% of G D P . A UN Report makes reference to the fact that these revenue streams are vulnerable to macroeconomic change while the national budget remains heavily subsidised through international aid and funding schemes such as the Tuvalu Trust Fund ( T T F ) with a strong reliance on the importation of food ( imports $15.5 million 2007 est ) . Tuvalu joined the International Monetary Fund ( I M F ) on 24 June 2010. On 5 August 2012, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund ( I M F ) concluded the Article IV consultation with Tuvalu, and assessed the economy of Tuvalu: A slow recovery is underway in Tuvalu, but there are important risks. G D P grew in 2011 for the first time since the global financial crisis, led by the private retail sector and education spending. We expect growth to rise slowly . The I M F Article IV consultation with Tuvalu, which was completed in August 2014, concluded that: Large revenues from fishing licenses, together with substantial foreign aid, facilitated a sizable budget surplus in the past two years but also an expansionary budget in 2014. The large increase in budget spending is set to cause some inflationary pressure. More importantly, the likely difficulties in unwinding the budget expansion and potential liabilities arising from weaknesses in state-owned banks and public enterprises make fiscal sustainability a major concern over the medium to long run.
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A full list of the authors of the original content can be found in the following subdomain of wikipedia, here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Tuvalu (Economics: ModernState Economies)

Fan Mail Friday #113 | Hating Your Job Is Not a Business Plan

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we’ll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right.
If you’re new to The Art of Charm Podcast, this isn’t a great place to start. Most of our content is more in-depth and longer format.
Listen to recent guests Alex Kouts (EP: 614), Graeme Wood (EP: 613), Andy Molinsky (EP: 612), and Jim Kwik (EP: 611) for a better idea of our regular programming.
Also make sure to check out our Best Of picks or the Fundamentals Toolbox episodes. There, we’ve got the fundamentals of body language and nonverbal communication, attraction, negotiation, networking, and everything else we teach here at The Art of Charm.
Let’s cut to it! In this episode:
Does processing all the information we learn from our guests and pass on to our listeners every week ever overwhelm us?
Hating your job is not a business plan.
Who might find your knowledge of Kiribati helpful? A listener weighs in from the last time we brought it up.
Why did Jordan choose to go to Serbia when he was learning Russian? Also, can any Russians who came of age during the days of the Soviet Union tell us what they think of the current attitude in America?
In response to Fan Mail Friday #110, what came from the dark side of your brain?
How come we didn’t do a Best of 2016 episode?
What did we think of the United Airlines situation? [Related: United Airlines Isn’t the Problem — It’s GoodPeople Doing Nothing by Ryan Holiday]
We’ve been getting some negative attention on our iTunes page lately. If you like what we do, could you leave us a nice review? Here’s how!
Have any questions, comments, or stories you’d like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@theartofcharm.com!
Check out Jordan’s (@TheArtofCharm) other show: The Forbes List, and Jason’s (@jpdef) other show: Grumpy Old Geeks.
To learn more about social dynamics and productivity hacks, take the Art of Charm Challenge by clicking here, or text CHARMED to 33444.
Get the full show notes here:
https://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/fan-mail-friday-113-hating-your-job-is-not-a-business-plan/

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Subscribe now at http://theartofcharm.com/itunes
Hosted by JordanHarbinger and AJ Harbinger
Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we’ll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right.
If you’re new to The Art of Charm Podcast, this isn’t a great place to start. Most of our content is more in-depth and longer format.
Listen to recent guests Alex Kouts (EP: 614), Graeme Wood (EP: 613), Andy Molinsky (EP: 612), and Jim Kwik (EP: 611) for a better idea of our regular programming.
Also make sure to check out our Best Of picks or the Fundamentals Toolbox episodes. There, we’ve got the fundamentals of body language and nonverbal communication, attraction, negotiation, networking, and everything else we teach here at The Art of Charm.
Let’s cut to it! In this episode:
Does processing all the information we learn from our guests and pass on to our listeners every week ever overwhelm us?
Hating your job is not a business plan.
Who might find your knowledge of Kiribati helpful? A listener weighs in from the last time we brought it up.
Why did Jordan choose to go to Serbia when he was learning Russian? Also, can any Russians who came of age during the days of the Soviet Union tell us what they think of the current attitude in America?
In response to Fan Mail Friday #110, what came from the dark side of your brain?
How come we didn’t do a Best of 2016 episode?
What did we think of the United Airlines situation? [Related: United Airlines Isn’t the Problem — It’s GoodPeople Doing Nothing by Ryan Holiday]
We’ve been getting some negative attention on our iTunes page lately. If you like what we do, could you leave us a nice review? Here’s how!
Have any questions, comments, or stories you’d like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@theartofcharm.com!
Check out Jordan’s (@TheArtofCharm) other show: The Forbes List, and Jason’s (@jpdef) other show: Grumpy Old Geeks.
To learn more about social dynamics and productivity hacks, take the Art of Charm Challenge by clicking here, or text CHARMED to 33444.
Get the full show notes here:
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When will machines take over? | DW Documentary

Robots and computers are already inextricable parts of our lives – they are cleverer and faster than us. Will machines soon dominate our lives even more?
Machi...

Robots and computers are already inextricable parts of our lives – they are cleverer and faster than us. Will machines soon dominate our lives even more?
Machines that are cleverer and faster than humans – scientists all around the world are working on artificial intelligence to make this a reality. But the question is: for better or for worse? How will machines change our lives?
Machines are cleverer and faster than humans may sound like science fiction, but scientists all around the world are working on making this scenario come true. Should the breakthrough in the area of AI - artificial intelligence - succeed, and there is a lot of evidence suggesting it will, then our lives will change radically. But the question is: for better or for worse?
Scientists are working hard on a form of artificial intelligence deserving of the name. And they’re making rapid progress, supported by the billions invested by major high-tech companies and the military. Is this a danger? Filmmaker Christiane Schwarz compares dreams with facts and asks: how far have the scientists got? Whom do they serve and what goals are they pursuing? Computers can already trick people into believing they’re communicating with another human being. But are machines capable of learning? Can they understand complex associations? The search for answers takes the author from carmakers in Germany to the birthplace of robotics in Japan and weapons developers in Dubai. This documentary about clever robots isn’t a journey into fictional worlds of the future - it’s a trip through the here and now.
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Robots and computers are already inextricable parts of our lives – they are cleverer and faster than us. Will machines soon dominate our lives even more?
Machines that are cleverer and faster than humans – scientists all around the world are working on artificial intelligence to make this a reality. But the question is: for better or for worse? How will machines change our lives?
Machines are cleverer and faster than humans may sound like science fiction, but scientists all around the world are working on making this scenario come true. Should the breakthrough in the area of AI - artificial intelligence - succeed, and there is a lot of evidence suggesting it will, then our lives will change radically. But the question is: for better or for worse?
Scientists are working hard on a form of artificial intelligence deserving of the name. And they’re making rapid progress, supported by the billions invested by major high-tech companies and the military. Is this a danger? Filmmaker Christiane Schwarz compares dreams with facts and asks: how far have the scientists got? Whom do they serve and what goals are they pursuing? Computers can already trick people into believing they’re communicating with another human being. But are machines capable of learning? Can they understand complex associations? The search for answers takes the author from carmakers in Germany to the birthplace of robotics in Japan and weapons developers in Dubai. This documentary about clever robots isn’t a journey into fictional worlds of the future - it’s a trip through the here and now.
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Behind the beauty of Miss Germany pageants | DW Documentary

Every year, thousands of candidates take part in beauty pageants with the dream of being crowned Miss Germany. But who is behind these competitions?
"When a Mi...

Every year, thousands of candidates take part in beauty pageants with the dream of being crowned Miss Germany. But who is behind these competitions?
"When a Miss enters the room, everyone has to turn to look at her," says RalfKlemmer and turns towards the stage. Fifteen attractive women are rehearsing for the Miss Lower Saxony competition. The Miss Germany Corporation, a family business based in Oldenburg in Lower Saxony, hosts around 150 such beauty competitions every year. The Klemmers have made them their business.
Horst Klemmer founded the Miss Germany Corporation in 1970 and is still active in the family business today. His son Ralf Klemmer is the company director, while grandson Max Klemmer is responsible for communications. In 2000, the company registered the names Miss and MisterGermany as brands with the EU'sIntellectual Property Office. Beauty competitions like these have been around in Germany for some 90 years, and thousands of candidates take part every year. They all share a dream: to be chosen as Germany's most beautiful woman. Every year, the Klemmers do everything they can to find a new, perfect Miss Germany - a winner they can then manage. Companies like to book Miss Germanys when they want a perfectly made-up smile to advertise their products. AuthorSven Trösch accompanied the Klemmers as they looked for Miss Germany 2017: during pre-selection in a shopping center in Hanover, in training camps on Fuerteventura, and at the grand finale in a leisure park. Find out more in ‘The Makers of Miss Germany - An UnusualFamily Business’.
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Every year, thousands of candidates take part in beauty pageants with the dream of being crowned Miss Germany. But who is behind these competitions?
"When a Miss enters the room, everyone has to turn to look at her," says RalfKlemmer and turns towards the stage. Fifteen attractive women are rehearsing for the Miss Lower Saxony competition. The Miss Germany Corporation, a family business based in Oldenburg in Lower Saxony, hosts around 150 such beauty competitions every year. The Klemmers have made them their business.
Horst Klemmer founded the Miss Germany Corporation in 1970 and is still active in the family business today. His son Ralf Klemmer is the company director, while grandson Max Klemmer is responsible for communications. In 2000, the company registered the names Miss and MisterGermany as brands with the EU'sIntellectual Property Office. Beauty competitions like these have been around in Germany for some 90 years, and thousands of candidates take part every year. They all share a dream: to be chosen as Germany's most beautiful woman. Every year, the Klemmers do everything they can to find a new, perfect Miss Germany - a winner they can then manage. Companies like to book Miss Germanys when they want a perfectly made-up smile to advertise their products. AuthorSven Trösch accompanied the Klemmers as they looked for Miss Germany 2017: during pre-selection in a shopping center in Hanover, in training camps on Fuerteventura, and at the grand finale in a leisure park. Find out more in ‘The Makers of Miss Germany - An UnusualFamily Business’.
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Refugees, immigration, flight – forms of 'new migration' in Europe pose great challenges but also open opportunities. We take a closer look.
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Refugees, immigration, flight – forms of 'new migration' in Europe pose great challenges but also open opportunities. We take a closer look.
The internationally acclaimed migration journalist and author Doug Saunders is optimistic. His history of migration in Europe shows that it can bring great opportunities for everyone. We join him on a trip to Istanbul, London, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin.
'Arrival City' is the term Doug Saunders uses for the title of his book: a place where migrants first settle in search of a better future for their children. To find out how integration works, and why it fails so miserably in some places, Saunders and director Jörg Daniel Hissen visited Istanbul, London, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin. Flight, immigration, the move from rural to urban areas and other forms of the "new Migration" are immense challenges to modern societies. Cultural differences, language problems and housing are just a few of the hurdles that the newcomers have to contend with in the "arrival cities." These are often parts of towns that make the headlines as problem districts, and the residents are often hostile to outsiders. But Doug Saunders is optimistic. His research on migration in Europe shows that immigration is an opportunity for migrants and native populations alike as long as the migrants are provided with conditions that allow them to play an active role. Civil rights, educational opportunities and social mobility are important factors in successful integration. If the "arrival cities" allow the incomers to set up small businesses and improve their circumstances, at least for the second generation, they often develop into hip neighborhoods and popular residential areas for the middle class. This documentary connects the dots between the personal stories of individual migrants and the town planning and political initiatives that are needed if the arrival regions are to benefit from migration.
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Refugees, immigration, flight – forms of 'new migration' in Europe pose great challenges but also open opportunities. We take a closer look.
The internationally acclaimed migration journalist and author Doug Saunders is optimistic. His history of migration in Europe shows that it can bring great opportunities for everyone. We join him on a trip to Istanbul, London, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin.
'Arrival City' is the term Doug Saunders uses for the title of his book: a place where migrants first settle in search of a better future for their children. To find out how integration works, and why it fails so miserably in some places, Saunders and director Jörg Daniel Hissen visited Istanbul, London, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin. Flight, immigration, the move from rural to urban areas and other forms of the "new Migration" are immense challenges to modern societies. Cultural differences, language problems and housing are just a few of the hurdles that the newcomers have to contend with in the "arrival cities." These are often parts of towns that make the headlines as problem districts, and the residents are often hostile to outsiders. But Doug Saunders is optimistic. His research on migration in Europe shows that immigration is an opportunity for migrants and native populations alike as long as the migrants are provided with conditions that allow them to play an active role. Civil rights, educational opportunities and social mobility are important factors in successful integration. If the "arrival cities" allow the incomers to set up small businesses and improve their circumstances, at least for the second generation, they often develop into hip neighborhoods and popular residential areas for the middle class. This documentary connects the dots between the personal stories of individual migrants and the town planning and political initiatives that are needed if the arrival regions are to benefit from migration.
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Angela Merkel has been the German Chancellor for twelve years – how have other women fared in German politics? The road is still a difficult one.
Under Chancellor Merkel six of her 16 cabinet members are female – but how equal are women in the still male-dominated domain of politics? What resistance do they encounter on their way up? And what are the qualities and abilities of their male rivals?
Female politicians often bemoan the fact that their appearance, dress and hairstyles are frequently seen as more important than their political ideas. Manuela Schwesig (SPD), Germany's FamiliesMinister from 2013 to 2017 and now State Premier of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, was frequently mocked as a "BalticBarbie." The reformed communists' leader, Sahra Wagenknecht, was treated as the "pin-up of the German left," and DeputyCDU chairman Julia Klöckner was nicknamed "shit-storm in pumps."
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Angela Merkel has been the German Chancellor for twelve years – how have other women fared in German politics? The road is still a difficult one.
Under Chancellor Merkel six of her 16 cabinet members are female – but how equal are women in the still male-dominated domain of politics? What resistance do they encounter on their way up? And what are the qualities and abilities of their male rivals?
Female politicians often bemoan the fact that their appearance, dress and hairstyles are frequently seen as more important than their political ideas. Manuela Schwesig (SPD), Germany's FamiliesMinister from 2013 to 2017 and now State Premier of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, was frequently mocked as a "BalticBarbie." The reformed communists' leader, Sahra Wagenknecht, was treated as the "pin-up of the German left," and DeputyCDU chairman Julia Klöckner was nicknamed "shit-storm in pumps."
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Kiribati Proposes Regional Employment Hub For The Pacific

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is leading efforts to establish a regional employment hub for technical and vocational employment opportunities in the region.
The initiative, which is in line with Kiribati's "migration with dignity" policy for climate change, is aimed to address employment issues in Kiribati and other Pacific island countries.
The country led initiative was introduced during the SmallerIslandsStatesLeaders Meeting prior to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in the Marshall Islands in early September.
In speaking to the media, PresidentTong says Kiribati has a huge population with a large proportion of young people, so unemployment is a big problem.
The President expressed that Kiribati has to be realistic as the country does not have the economic base to be able to employ everyone, but over the years, the government has been looking for access to the international labor market.
Such as the Australia-Pacific Technical College, which started in 2005, he says arming his people with skills goes along with the "migration with dignity" policy "because you get people skilled you won't need to find somewhere for them to go, they will find themselves a place to go, because they will be marketable."
He says he always regarded that as part of the climate change solution.
"It's a painless way and it's mutually beneficial", says the President.

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The Kiribati Institute of Technology KIT

The Kiribati Institute of Technology (KIT): Every year, school leavers face limited prospe...

The Kiribati Institute of Technology KIT

The KiribatiInstitute of Technology (KIT): Every year, school leavers face limited prospects for paid employment. Australian support for the KIT aims to improve facilities and teacher professional development. The KIT recently introduced internationally recognised, Australian-based standards which will assist young I-Kiribati graduates to find employment locally and access pathways to further study and employment within the region.

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Nurturing nurses in Kiribati

A new breed of nurses is being trained under the Kiribati-Australia Nurses Initiative, whi...

Nurturing nurses in Kiribati

A new breed of nurses is being trained under the Kiribati-Australia NursesInitiative, which is part of a partnership to provide opportunities to develop skills in demand domestically and overseas.
The nursing students undertake a degree at Griffith University in Brisbane.
A nation looks to employment to provide its people with a more certain future.

Kiribati & Climate Change

The KiribatiSideEvent at COP15 presented, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the future for this small & vulnerable mid Pacific nation.
A combination of the everyday realities, scientific research, adaptation challenges, possible future migration options, and the threatened loss of a unique lifestyle & culture make this a document which touches both the heart & mind.
An NTNK Video Production

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Kiribati Tuna

Katarake Kariabi from Kiribati is a retired Tuna fisherman. Over the years he has seen the...

Kiribati Tuna

Katarake Kariabi from Kiribati is a retired Tuna fisherman. Over the years he has seen the Tuna fisheries in Kiribati decline from industrial fishing by foreign fishing vessels. You can help to save the fisheries of Kiribati and protect the future livelihoods that its people need. https://www.greenpeace.org.au/donate/pacific-tuna

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Kiribati Foreign Secretary Lambourne

Kiribati Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Tessie Lambourne's remarks at a spec...

NZ Rejects First Climate Refugee Appeal

A Pacific Islander who applied to the New Zealand government to give him status as the world's first climate refugee has had his appeal turned down.
Ioane Teitiota, 38, argued he should not be sent back to the island nation of Kiribati because it was under threat due to rising seas.
That, he argued, made it unsafe for him and his family.
However, while NZ's Supreme Court agreed that the tiny nation of about 100,000 people was suffering environmental degradation, it said Mr Teitiota's application did not meet the legal definition of a refugee because he was not facing persecution.
"While Kiribati undoubtedly faces challenges, Mr Teitiota does not, if returned, face 'serious harm'," the Supreme Court said in a ruling released on Monday.
"There is no evidence that the government of Kiribati is failing to take steps to protect its citizens from the effects of environmental degradation, to the extent that it can."
Mr Teitiota moved away from the island nation in 2007 and overstayed his visa, coming to the attention of police in 2011 over a minor traffic offence.
The Supreme Court's decision closes the Pacific Islander’s final avenue of appeal and means he now faces deportation along with his wife, and their three young children, all of whom were born in Auckland.
Low-lying Kiribati consisting of about 30 atolls - most only a few metres above sea level - suffers from a range of environmental problems that have been linked to climate change, including storm surges, flooding and water contamination.
The situation is so bad that Kiribati's government has bought 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of land in Fiji to act as a farm for Kiribati if salt-water pollution means the former British colony can no longer produce crops.
Kiribati's government is also considering relocating the entire population or building man-made islands to rehouse them if predictions that the sea will rise by one metre by the end of the century prove accurate.
The Supreme Court said its ruling on Mr Teitiota did not mean that those affected by climate change would never be recognised as refugees.
"Our decision in this case should not be taken as ruling out that possibility in an appropriate case," it said.

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Kiribati: Paradise Lost

Within 50 years the island nation of Kiribati could be underwater due to rising sea levels...

Kiribati: Paradise Lost

Within 50 years the island nation of Kiribati could be underwater due to rising sea levels caused by global climate change. What are people doing to prepare for a day when their country no longer exists?

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Congo Unemployment: Youths dig for gold as job scarcity persists

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Sugar Slaves; Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific Islands Blackbird trade.

Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific IslandsBlackbird trade that started in NSW 1847 by Benjamin Boyd then the influx to QLD in 1863: Between 1863 and 1904 about 60,000 Pacific Islanders were transported to Queensland, where they toiled to create the sugar plantations of the far north. Some of these islanders moved there willingly on the promise of income, whilst others were kidnapped from their island homes. Pacific Islanders were ‘recruited’ from various islands including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides) and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. This human trafficking is euphemistically known as ‘blackbirding’. The Islanders worked in harsh conditions in the Queensland sugar fields, conditions were akin to slavery. According to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, conditions varied from plantation to plantation depending on how considerate the owners and overseers were. Abuse of the Islanders included being beaten, being deprived of food or leisure time, medical neglect and sometimes separation of married couples. In the late 19th century trade unions in Australia were fighting for workers’ rights but the Pacific Islander workers of Queensland were banned from organising as a group. They were forbidden by law from striking and from leaving their place of employment. Workers who left without permission or ‘absconded’ faced three months imprisonment. Because the Pacific Islanders were paid so poorly compared to other unskilled workers in Australia, they were seen by some as a threat to employment. Opposition to these non-white immigrants came in some cases from those involved in the labour movement. They did not object when the Commonwealth decided to deport most Pacific Islanders between 1904 and 1908 as part of the implementation of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (often referred to as the ‘White Australia policy’). In the southern states of Australia there were others, including those in labour movement, who took a different view and called for fair treatment of the Pacific Island workers. After Federation a few thousand Pacific Islanders were not deported and were permitted to remain in Australia.Today north Queensland is home to more than 20,000 of their descendants. The Call for Recognition: a report on the situation of Australian South Sea Islanders, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1992 – cited in ‘The Call for Recognition’, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) which has still not been actioned in the twenty first century.

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"We are on the front of the frontline"

Tuesday 9th December 2009: Kiribati's foreign minister speaking about the dangers that Kir...

Kiribati Travel Guide

KiribatiTravelGuide: Curving its way above and below the equator, the Republic of Kiribati (pronounced 'Kiri-bas') encompasses the Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands, and was known under British rule as the Gilbert Islands. Measured by land size Kiribati is a tiny nation of just over 810 sq km, but its 33 atolls span a huge 3.5 million sq km of the Pacific. Most atolls surround turquoise lagoons and barely rise above the surrounding ocean, so it's rare to be out of the sight and sound of the sea.
Kiribati's recent colonial and WWII history has had little impact on the outer islands, where the people subsist on coconuts, breadfruit and fish as they have done for centuries. Even on the main island, Tarawa, most locals live in traditional raised thatched huts. Western influence is increasing, though, in the form of cars, bars, movies and the Internet, and inevitably there's an escalating urban drift from the outer islands to Tarawa.
The people of the islands are known as I-Kiribati. Wide-eyed children may chirp a bold 'mauri' (hello) to passing strangers, while their elders tend towards a laconic raise of an eyebrow in greeting. Nothing happens fast here, so wind down, relax and enjoy living on island time.
Enjoy Your Kiribati Travel Guide!
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SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/VicStefanu - Here's a remarkable documentary including only the the beautiful faces of the wonderful people of Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) in the Pacific Ocean, All these scenes that you see here were recorded during my 8-day stay in the islands of the Tarawa Atoll, in an island just north of that of Bairiki. Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati is an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. The nation comprises 33 atolls and reef islands and one raised coral island; Banaba.

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Kiribati October, 2016

Video from our recent visit to South Tarawa and Abaiang Atoll, Kiribati.
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KIRIBATI TOURISM - Heaven for travellers

Welcome to Kiribati,
Kiribati is a unitary state situated in the middle of the pacific ocean, with an area of ​​about 800 Kilometers square, with marvelous marine beauty. The island has approximately 30 small islands and reef areas that can suck the attention of all tourists, to visit the island with Australian Dollar currency.
Sea and beach is one of the destinations that until now is still a tourist destination of travelers from around the world. The value of its beauty is increasingly valuable, with facilities and tourist facilities that support. One that has this potential, is the Kiribati Islands.
Kiribati tourism is increasingly developing its tourism aspect. Especially, the first sunrise charm that can be enjoyed on this island. Yes, Kiribati is one of the places on Earth, which gets the first solar greeting every day. In addition to the charming charm of the morning sun, the island is filled with lush coconut trees, it also sells the beauty of nature that is not less beautiful, with other famous beaches in the world.
Some of the islands included in this archipelago, are Banaba, Tarawa, Gilbert Island, and LineIsland, which is also a bestselling manus being a tourist destination that holds a million beauty. Facilities and facilities offered by this attraction is not lost. Hotels, inns, and nautical restaurants are ready to pamper every visitor who comes. If you want to bring souvenirs home, you can stop at a few hand-held fruit shops scattered around the kiribati.
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KIRIBATI - THE SINKING ISLANDS

Imagine living on an low lying atoll and worrying whether the next high tide will destroy your home?
Or being unable to prepare for your future, engage in business or invest in your country because there may not be a tomorrow.?
Well these are the realities people of Kiribati face everyday.
TalkBusiness catches up with the man who tries to put these fears to rest for his people, fighting an uphill battle against climate change and those responsible for his sinking islands.

Diving Christmas Island, Kiribati 2015

What an amazing place, with barely any dive tourism, CXI is just a total paradise, I was blown away by the amount of life and how healthy the reefs were. All shot on GoPro4 silver with a switchblade macro/red filter. Was my first time using it but i got kinda good by the end of the trip. Enjoy

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The Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, Pacific Ocean

NOT AVAILABLE ON SOME MOBILE DEVICES - In November 2009 Julian McDonnell (that's me) set ...

The Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, Pacific Ocean

NOT AVAILABLE ON SOME MOBILE DEVICES - In November 2009Julian McDonnell (that's me) set out with a group of scientists to the uninhabited Phoenix Islands in the Pacific to help save endangered species of birds.
In some ways this is the prequel to the award winning film "Take Me To Pitcairn".
Having never been on a sea voyage before Julian McDonnell is taken all over the Pacific for three weeks having to live outside his comfort zone (which is capuccinos and chocolate biscuits!)
The PhoenixIslands are a part of the Kingdom of Kiribati and some of them are uninhabited. They are also a marine protected area and a part of P.I.P.A so there are species of fish there which are still undiscovered.
See Julian struggling with camping on desert islands, cooking with basic utensils and panicking on a boat in the middle of the cyclone season.
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KIRIBATI, a tour and the 3 huge challenges this nation is facing (CENTRAL PACIFIC)

SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/VicStefanu - Let's go to the Republic of Kiribati (also known as the Tarawa Atoll or the Gilberts islands) and let's take a tour of this rarely visited island nation in the Central PacificOcean.Not only we will see some spectacular scenes, but,we will examine the 3 huge challenges this nation is facing: Population explosion, garbage and rubbish environmental catastrophe and finally, yes, the rising sea levels.
Kiribati, an island republic in the Central Pacific, comprises 33 coral atolls and isles stretching along the equator. With lagoons and white-sand beaches, many of its islands are uninhabited, offering a remote setting for fishing, diving and bird-watching. The crowded capital, South Tarawa, made up of small islets, retains remnants of WWII battles fought on its shores, and is known for folk dancing and handicrafts.
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D'Arcy Walsh - Kiribati - a country on the edge

D'Arcy has been working off-shore on official development assistance and private sector projects since 1984 and has been involved in over twenty different countries spanning South-East Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Middle East and Central Asia.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, when he visited the country in September 2011 declared that Kiribati was at the forefront of climate change. He said that rising tides and the lack of potable water posed a very serious threat to the livelihoods, security and survival of the island nation's residents. The President of Kiribati, Antone Tong, has also warned his people that they must accept the inevitability that in 35 years, or less, much of their country would be underwater and that they must look to migrate before this time.
The AusAID supported TVETSSP program is working with the Ministry of Labour and the Kiribati Institute of Technology to introduce Australian standard technical and vocational programs that will allow residents of Kiribati to graduate with internationally acknowledged qualifications and to migrate with dignity and with the possibility of employment.
Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean

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BTA: "Every Short Term Module for Tackling Unemployment is a Fraud"- Charles Sam